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trimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 15h

"This is a journalist who identifies herself and her TV station. These are masked men in an unmarked vehicle arresting her without following due process. ... I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the 1920s and 30s and the rise of authoritarianism. This scene is taken straight out of the 1930s. "

John Ralston Saul @johnralstonsaul.bsky.social · 1d

My latest on Substack:

One Definition of a Police State

Arresting a journalist in the USA

open.substack.com

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John M Danskin @johnmdanskin.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Thiel looking for the antichrist is like me trying to find my glasses when I am wearing them.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

"Indians pour liquid gold into the mouth of a Spanish conquistador," detail from Theodor de Bry, c.1594.

Image of a group of men holding down a spanish conquistador while pouring a liquid into his mouth

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 23h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Ustinoffs Hausgeist 🎃 @ustinoff.bsky.social · 21h

First tipping point reached.

And our f*ing politicians will ignore the message and try to entertain us with stupid culture wars.

Hold them accountable. They live from our money and they have a duty.

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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trimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 16h

😡 Furchtbar. Wünsche, dass Euch allen nichts passiert. "Stay safe", sagt man hier, wo ich grad bin. 💚

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trimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 1d

Funktioniert wirklich, niemand hier kauft das noch. Die für "U.S." bestimmten Regale sind quasi leergeräumt, stattdessen steht da ein großes Schild "Buy local" und eine Auswahl kanadischer Produkte.

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 1d

Allow me to translate:
"Antichrist" = Anyone who doesn't agree with me, and who has the power to thwart my #Libertarian ambitions.

Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 3d

[Excerpt:] Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg & critics of tech or AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that linked government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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Ustinoffs Hausgeist 🎃 @ustinoff.bsky.social · 1d

Das ist eine systematische Verweigerung von Hilfe ( denn die Diagnose CFS wird, obwohl im Gesetz genannt, bei der Begutachtung regelmäßig falsch interpretiert). Die Schreiben der behandelnden Ärztinnen werden komplett ignoriert.

Ihr Gesunden müsst das ändern, wir können es nicht.

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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 2d

“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...

A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.

phys.org

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

"Microplastics have been detected in the brains of dementia patients, and in arterial plaques from people with heart disease"

And the response of the plastics industry is......

....to massively ramp up plastic production

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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trimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 1d

Das Wort "wahrheitsverloren" muss ich mir merken. Danke!

Kapitelman @kapitelman.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, herzlichen Dank, lieber @rudysinger.bsky.social !

Rüdiger Singer @rudysinger.bsky.social · 2d

10 Appetithappen aus Dmitriy Kapitelmans liebevoll-verzweifeltem Gegenwartsroman RUSSISCHE SPEZIALITÄTEN
„In der russischen Welt meiner Mutter ist Russland gut und heldenhaft und hat gar keine andere Wahl, als zu kämpfen. Herzlos ist das nicht von ihr, nur sehr wahrheitsverloren.“ (58)
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dubldowndrew.bsky.social @dubldowndrew.bsky.social · 3d

And his boss got a Covid booster shot yesterday as they tell everyone else not to get it and/or make it harder to get...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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trimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 5d

Eine bemerkenswerte Frau: @cathmckenna.bsky.social

(Wir sahen sie mal auf dem Airport; klein, zierlich, voller Energie).
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Klimakrise #Klimakatastrophe #globalwarming #climateemergency #sexism #canpol

Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’

www.theguardian.com

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trimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 3d

Kiffhäuser geht auch.

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Wolfgang @wolfgangns.bsky.social · 4d

Painting showing Dr. John Rae at auction!

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 4d

A look at the first 27 items from Hudson’s Bay to hit the auction block #Canada

www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...

A look at the first 27 items from Hudson’s Bay to hit the auction block

Heffel Fine Art Auction House has revealed the first 27 items from Hudson’s Bay’s art and artifacts collection that will be put up for sale next month.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Ustinoffs Hausgeist 🎃 @ustinoff.bsky.social · 5d

Putin wages a war "to defeat the facists".
Trump declares "war on antifa".

They are close allies. It's all made up.

In reality, it's a war of the international Petromafia against democracy, rule of law, and decarbonisation.

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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 6d

Wer Frust sät erntet Rechtsextremismus.

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trimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 5d

Ich musste heute sehr lachen, als ich von Konrad Adenauers Soja-Wurst erfuhr. Ob unserer Ernährungsminister das weiß? de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6...

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trimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 5d

Eine bemerkenswerte Frau: @cathmckenna.bsky.social

(Wir sahen sie mal auf dem Airport; klein, zierlich, voller Energie).
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Klimakrise #Klimakatastrophe #globalwarming #climateemergency #sexism #canpol

Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’

www.theguardian.com

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Söguhetja📯Mjölnir og verndararnir fjórir🐃🦅🐉🪠 @soley.bsky.social · 6d

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...

Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action

Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...

www.help99.co

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 5d

What would it be like if cats and whales changed places? My partner sent me these pictures from a Russian children’s book and I can’t stop thinking about the little whale drinking from a saucer. 🐋

Illustration of a giant cat in the ocean with birds landing on it. Below, a tiny indoor house whale laps from a saucer

A tiny whale curled up on a bed. Above, tiny whale is silhouetted climbing in a fence at night

Giant sea cat amidst some ships with Russian text. Above, a small wall pounces at some mice, landing on its flippers

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